At least 14 people have died in the latest round of seasonal rains and flooding in southern China, as soldiers and workers built makeshift barriers with sandbags and rocks to keep the Yangtze River and its tributaries at bay.
Newly knighted Captain Sir Tom Moore has said being presented with the honour by the Queen was “something very special”.
Tens of thousands of people in the Russian Far East city of Khabarovsk took to the streets on Saturday, protesting the arrest of the region's governor on charges of involvement … Click to Continue »
Barry Cowen was sacked as a Cabinet minister in the controversy over his drink-driving ban. The saga is by no means over. Cowen is pursuing a number of legal routes and has a high-powered legal team to advance his claims.
While most oil-exporting nations saw international agencies knocking down their sovereign credit ratings amid the crisis spurred by the Covid-19 outbreak, S&P Global Ratings confirmed Russia's rating at BBB- with a stable outlook. In its report on Friday, the agency said that the Russian economy is expected to contract by 4.8 percent this year due...
Britain will be "pausing" daily updates on its death toll from COVID-19 after researchers found statistical flaws in the calculations the British Press Association reported on Saturday. The government said … Click to Continue »
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro berated social isolation measures designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus, saying they are destroying jobs and compounding pain for Latin America's largest economy. Bolsonaro, … Click to Continue »
